EU withdraws claim that Linux support is illegal
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| The Council's refusal to support Linux has angered the open-source
| community. Debian enthusiast Stefan Esterer last week started a
| petition to lobby the EU to change its mind. His petition has now
| been signed by nearly 12,000 users.
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| Several ZDNet UK users have also voiced concern about the EU's
| stance.
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| Chris Rankin suggested that the EU learned from the experiences
| of other online content creators, such as the BBC. "The BBC also
| has a mandate to reach as many people as possible, and so
| currently supports both WMV and Real formats. However, it is
| also creating its own Free codec called "Dirac". I'm sure that
| something like Dirac would serve the EU's purpose as well,"
| wrote Rankin.
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| Another reader, Moley, was also unimpressed by the situation,
| commenting: "Bloody disgraceful! Whose interests are the
| Council serving?"
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